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Between 1850 and 1907, Native Hawaiians sought to develop relationships with other Pacific Islanders, reflecting how they viewed not only themselves as a people but their wider connections to Oceania and the globe. Kealani Cook analyzes the relatively little known experiences of Native Hawaiian missionaries, diplomats, and travelers, shedding valuable light on the rich but understudied accounts of Hawaiians outside of Hawaiʻi. Native Hawaiian views of other islanders typically corresponded with their particular views and experiences of the Native Hawaiian past. The more positive their outlook, the more likely they were to seek cross-cultural connections. This is an important intervention in the growing field of Pacific and Oceanic history and the study of native peoples of the Americas, where books on indigenous Hawaiians are few and far between. Cook returns the study of Hawai'i to a central place in the history of cultural change in the Pacific.

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'With this remarkable book, Kealani Cook dramatically expands our understanding of the Native Hawaiian and Oceanic past and speaks powerfully to the Pacific present. Meticulously researched and yet sweeping in its scale, Return to Kahiki reveals the often complex, sometimes contradictory, and always fraught way that Hawaiians thought about their place in the Pacific and engaged with other Pacific Islanders.' David A. Chang, University of Minnesota 'In this careful study, Kealani Cook brings to life the whanaungatanga (kinship, relationship) of our Oceanic brothers and sisters. Invoking historical Kanaka projects that retrace centuries-old Oceanic connections in new ways, and for new purpose, he reminds the twenty-first century reader of the lived relationships of our various island korero, traditions, and peoples.' Aroha Harris, University of Auckland 'With this remarkable book, Kealani Cook dramatically expands our understanding of the Native Hawaiian and Oceanic past and speaks powerfully to the Pacific present. Meticulously researched and yet sweeping in its scale, Return to Kahiki reveals the often complex, sometimes contradictory, and always fraught way that Hawaiians thought about their place in the Pacific and engaged with other Pacific Islanders.' David A. Chang, University of Minnesota 'In this careful study, Kealani Cook brings to life the whanaungatanga (kinship, relationship) of our Oceanic brothers and sisters. Invoking historical Kanaka projects that retrace centuries-old Oceanic connections in new ways, and for new purpose, he reminds the twenty-first century reader of the lived relationships of our various island korero, traditions, and peoples.' Aroha Harris, University of Auckland

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Kealani Cook is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi, West Oʻahu. He is a Kānaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian raised in Waimea, Hawaiʻi Island.

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